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Lot 333

An Egyptian inlaid and inscribed ebony cosmetic vessel in the form of a lotus column

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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An Egyptian inlaid and inscribed ebony cosmetic vessel in the form of a lotus column
New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C.
9cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Reputedly Eugene Cohen collection, New York, prior to 1970.
US art market.
Resandro collection, acquired in 1981, until 2018.

Published:
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, no. 159.

The hieroglyphs on the vessel are indecipherable.

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